While the Citizens picked up a 3-1 victory over Brighton at home, including a brace from Haaland, the Reds lost 1-0 at Nottingham Forest.
An invigorating triumph after the defeat the previous week against Liverpool, obtained this Saturday the Manchester City beat Brighton 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium in a match valid for date 13 of the Premier League.
Those led by Pep Guardiola managed to open the lock on the visit 22′ into the first half after before Erling Haland will score after an outing by the sky blue goalkeeper Ederson thus registering the opening of the account.
As the initial match period drew to a close, the same Norwegian gunner converted his second personal goal from the penalty spot at 43 minutes after an infraction against his teammate Bernard Silva . It was precisely with the 2-0 that both teams rested.
In the plugin, strangers came out determined to ask for surrender the one they got in the minute 53 thanks to a long shot from the Belgian midfielder Léandre Trossard . However, despite Brighton’s attempts to level the game, their compatriot Kevin De Bruyne scored the final 3-1 with a shot from outside the box .
With this result, City remain second in the table with 26 points, one unit behind leaders Arsenal that he has yet to play his game against Southampton as a visitor. On the next date citizens will have to travel to Leicester although first they have to go to Germany to face the Borussia Dortmund for the fifth date of the group stage of the Champions League .
The Reds could not with Nottingham Forest
For its part, Liverpool ended their three-game winning streak -one for the Champions and two for the Premier- during his fall this Saturday during his visit to the City Ground Stadium with Nottingham Forest 1-0 .
The first half of the match went off without major incidents, so it was no surprise that both teams went into the break goalless.
However, in the last period, the parity was broken since the host team opened the scoring at 55′, scoring what would ultimately be the game’s only goal thanks to Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi who took advantage of a rebound on the post in the middle of the small area of Jürgen Klopp’s students.
With this loss, Liverpool remain in seventh position in the table with 16 points , 11 behind leaders Arsenal. At the next appointment those of Anfield will receive Leeds United at home although before they will have to travel to the Netherlands to face Ajax for the fifth day of the group stage of the Champions League.
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Source: Latercera
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